“An-Nawawi’s Forty” is a popular collection of hadiths pertaining to basic tenets of Islam. It has been widely studied in traditional Arabic circles of learning and continues to be one of the basic subjects taught in Islamic courses throughout the world today. This book contains the Arabic text, English translation and commentary clarifying the Islamic foundation for human ethics and conduct. In his introduction, the Imam wrote: “Everyone desiring the Hereafter ought to know these hadiths for what they contain of important information, and because they alert one to all kinds of obedience.”
